Power Technical
COLORADO SPRINGS · CO · El Paso County Colorado School District 49 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Thomas MacLaren State Charter School → Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center → CIVA Charter Academy → Odyssey Early College and Career Options → Community Prep Charter School → The Bijou School → Colorado Military Academy → The Vanguard School (High) →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 32% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Power Technical compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Thomas MacLaren State Charter School, Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center, CIVA Charter Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 32% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Colorado Boulder
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $25,346/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 405 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,171 per student in district revenue, the 129 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,570,059/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas MacLaren State Charter School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 206 | — |
| Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 2.6 | 263 | +6.0% |
| CIVA Charter Academy COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 6.1 | 174 | -6.5% |
| Odyssey Early College and Career Options COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 3.4 | 287 | -5.6% |
| Community Prep Charter School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 158 | -37.5% |
| The Bijou School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 3.4 | 134 | +4.7% |
| Colorado Military Academy COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 127 | -5.9% |
| The Vanguard School (High) COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 6.5 | 303 | -2.6% |